[Ashley V]

Does any one feed their dogs this?

So today - There is a pet store... one that sells puppies. I know where those puppies come from, but I go in there from time to time just to see the puppies. There was one today that looked like he may be a Westie and he looked so unhealthy... anyways, they sell these poor puppies, yet they were shoving this premium food in my face and googling the dog food I feed Chip and Smokey now. The conversation started with the lady asking what dog food I feed, so I told her we give them nature's recipe. She comes around the corner with a small couple pound bag of Orijen and tells me that she'll give me that to try as a sample. I tell her Chip has allergies and is doing well on the food he's on now, even though I know it's not the absolute best, but it's not horrible. She asks what he's allergic to and I told her that I wasn't sure, but he's doing well on the fish flavor that we have him on now, so she goes and gets the bag of fish flavored one. The other girl at the register started googling my brand of food and was telling me about every little detail that's wrong with it. Once again I know Nature's Recipe isn't the greatest food, but Chip's allergies are fine with it and Smokey will eat it. They've been on it for over 3 years now and it works. I thought it was ironic that a pet store, that sells puppy mill puppies cares so much about nutrition. I took the dog food, but thought I'd ask others opinions before trying it.

They did say that because Orijen is a better food that dogs tend to poop less, which is intriguing for me! They also said they eat less of the food because it is higher in nutritional value... of course I trust about 0% of what they say, so I wanted to see what other YTers have to say with their experiences. I just don't know if it's worth it... Chip and Smokey are doing well with what they have now, plus Chip has allergies and an extremely sensitive stomach. Smokey is picky and he is extremely slender (hard to believe at 15 lbs), so I'm afraid of him losing any little bit of weight.

So I guess my questions are - How good is it in terms of nutrition? How about dogs with allergies or picky dogs? Does it really make them poop less? Do they eat less?